The following are thebaseball events of the year1957 throughout the world.

• World Series:Milwaukee Braves overNew York Yankees (4–3);Lew Burdette, MVP
• All-Star Game, July 9 atBusch Stadium: American League, 6–5

• College World Series:California
• Japan Series:Nishitetsu Lions overYomiuri Giants (4–0–1)
• Little League World Series: Monterrey Industrial,Monterrey,Mexico

Winter Leagues

• 1957 Caribbean Series:Tigres de Marianao
• Cuban League:Tigres de Marianao
• Dominican Republic League:Leones del Escogido
• Mexican Pacific League:Naranjeros de Hermosillo
• Panamanian League:Cerveza Balboa
• Puerto Rican League:Indios de Mayagüez
• Venezuelan League:Leones del Caracas
• Global World Series:Japan

• Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Sam Crawford
  • Joe McCarthy
• MLB Most Valuable Player Award
  • Hank Aaron (MIL, National)
  • Mickey Mantle (NYY, American)
• MLB Rookie of the Year Award
  • Jack Sanford (PHI, National)
  • Tony Kubek (NYY, American)
• Cy Young Award
  • Warren Spahn (MIL)
• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  • Ted Williams (BOS)
• The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
  • Warren Spahn (MIL, National)
  • Billy Pierce (CWS, American)
• The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award
  • Ed Bouchee (PHI, National player)
  • Tony Kubek (NYY, American player)
  • Jack Sanford (PHI, pitcher)
• The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  • Fred Hutchinson (STL)
• Gold Glove Award
  • (P)Bobby Shantz (NYY,AL)
  • (C)Sherm Lollar (CWS, AL)
  • (1B)Gil Hodges (BRO,NL)
  • (2B)Nellie Fox (CWS, AL)
  • (3B)Frank Malzone (BOS, AL)
  • (SS)Roy McMillan (CIN, NL)
  • (LF)Minnie Miñoso (CWS, AL)
  • (CF)Willie Mays (NYG, NL)
  • (RF)Al Kaline (DET, AL)

v t e American League Team W L Pct. GB Home Road New York Yankees 98 56 .636 — 48‍–‍29 50‍–‍27 Chicago White Sox 90 64 .584 8 45‍–‍32 45‍–‍32 Boston Red Sox 82 72 .532 16 44‍–‍33 38‍–‍39 Detroit Tigers 78 76 .506 20 45‍–‍32 33‍–‍44 Baltimore Orioles 76 76 .500 21 42‍–‍33 34‍–‍43 Cleveland Indians 76 77 .497 21½ 40‍–‍37 36‍–‍40 Kansas City Athletics 59 94 .386 38½ 37‍–‍40 22‍–‍54 Washington Senators 55 99 .357 43 28‍–‍49 27‍–‍50

Orioles Red Sox White Sox   Indians Tigers    Athletics Yankees Senators Locations of teams for the 1955–1960American League seasons American League

v t e National League Team W L Pct. GB Home Road Milwaukee Braves 95 59 .617 — 45‍–‍32 50‍–‍27 St. Louis Cardinals 87 67 .565 8 42‍–‍35 45‍–‍32 Brooklyn Dodgers 84 70 .545 11 43‍–‍34 41‍–‍36 Cincinnati Redlegs 80 74 .519 15 45‍–‍32 35‍–‍42 Philadelphia Phillies 77 77 .500 18 38‍–‍39 39‍–‍38 New York Giants 69 85 .448 26 37‍–‍40 32‍–‍45 Pittsburgh Pirates 62 92 .403 33 36‍–‍41 26‍–‍51 Chicago Cubs 62 92 .403 33 31‍–‍46 31‍–‍46

Dodgers Cubs Redlegs Braves Giants Phillies Pirates Cardinals Locations of teams for the 1953–1957National League seasons National League

• January 9 – TheCleveland Indians release eight-timeAmerican LeagueAll-Star pitcherBob Feller. Feller—who will be elected to theHall of Fame in1962, his first year of eligibility—first joined Cleveland in 1936 as a 17-year-old. He would go on to post a 266–162 record with 2,581 strikeouts over 18 years with the team, losing 3½ years due to military service inWorld War II. His uniform #19 will be retired this coming season.
• January 14 – FutureBaseball Hall of FamerJackie Robinson, who broke thebaseball color line as the20th century's first acknowledged Black player in "Organized Baseball" (1946) andMajor League Baseball (1947), officially retires from the game at age 37. A seven-timeAll-Star and1947Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year,1949National League Valuable Player, and1955 World Series champion, Robinson had been traded from theBrooklyn Dodgers, for whom he starred for a decade, to the arch-rivalNew York Giants on December 13, 1956. Today, a month later, he notifies Giants presidentHorace Stoneham in writing of his decision, and aLook Magazine article will explain his reasoning on January 22. His retirement nullifies the trade, and he enters private business as an executive withChock Full o'Nuts, a coffee manufacturer. Like Feller, Robinson will be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in1962, his first year of eligibility.^[1][2]

• February 14 –Cuba (5–1) wins the ninth annualCaribbean Series, defeating runner-upPuerto Rico (3–3) by an 8–3 score. TheTigres de Marianao capture the championship for Cuba; outfielderSolly Drake is elected the series' Most Valuable Player.
• February 19 – TheNew York Yankees andKansas City Athletics—destined to be frequent and often controversial trading partners duringArnold Johnson's tenure as owner of the Athletics—consummate a 13-player transaction. The Bombers deal pitchersRip Coleman,Mickey McDermott,Tom Morgan andJack Urban (player to be named later, or PTBNL), infieldersMilt Graff andBilly Hunter, and outfielderIrv Noren to Kansas City for pitchersArt Ditmar,Bobby Shantz andJack McMahan, first basemanWayne Belardi, and infieldersClete Boyer (PTBNL) andCurt Roberts (PTBNL). Ditmar, Shantz and Boyer will have a hand in a combined seven AL pennants (1957–1958, 1960–1964) and threeWorld Series (1958,1961,1962) titles. The players Kansas City receives make no material contributions to the Athletics' futile attempts to climb out of thesecond division.
• February 21
  • OwnersWalter O'Malley of theBrooklyn Dodgers andPhilip K. Wrigley of theChicago Cubs make an industry-changing "trade" of minor-league franchises. In the transaction, O'Malley acquires theLos Angeles Angels of thePacific Coast League and the Angels' ballpark,Los Angeles' Wrigley Field, in exchange for the Dodgers'Fort Worth Cats farm club in theTexas League and $3 million.^[3] The swap enables O'Malley to lay claim to at least 50 percent of the boomingLos Angeles market as a potential new home for his Dodgers. (The PCL'sHollywood Stars also have territorial rights.) The franchise swap not only paves the way for the Dodgers' groundbreaking move to California, but it pays more dividends when O'Malley trades ownership of the Angels' old minor-league facility to the city for land inChavez Ravine, where he will eventually buildDodger Stadium.^[4]
  • TheNew York Giants, who are pioneering scouting young players in theDominican Republic, sign 19-year-old amateur free agent and future record-setting pinch hitterManny Mota.
• February 26
  • Bill Sarni, expected to be theGiants' starting catcher in 1957, is hospitalized after experiencing chest pain during spring training workouts inPhoenix. Diagnosed with a moderate heart attack, Sarni is forced to end his playing career at age 29; upon his recovery, he will serve as a New York coach in 1957 to protect his pension rights.^[5]
  • The Giants reacquire first basemanWhitey Lockman from theSt. Louis Cardinals in exchange for knuckleballerHoyt Wilhelm.

• March 14 – TheNew York Yankees andBoston Red Sox make one of their infrequent trades in which the Yankees obtain right-handerEli Grba and outfielderGordie Windhorn from Boston for outfielderBill Renna.
• March 21 – TheSt. Louis Cardinals trade colorful, legendary minor-league sluggerRocky Nelson to theToronto Maple Leafs of theTriple-AInternational League to complete an earlier transaction that netted the Redbirds pitcherFrank Barnes. Nelson, 32, is known for "terrorizing" minor-league hurlers but is chronically incapable of holding down a big-league job. The sale to Toronto turns out in Nelson's favor, however, when he wins his thirdInternational League Most Valuable Player Award of the 1950s and secondTriple Crown with the 1958 Leafs—and merits one more MLB chance, when he will win a roster spot with the1959–1961Pittsburgh Pirates and a1960 World Series ring as a platoon first baseman.

• April 5 – ThePhiladelphia Phillies acquire slick-fielding shortstopHumberto "Chico" Fernández from theBrooklyn Dodgers for $75,000 and five players, including pitchersRon Negray andBen Flowers (PTBNL), first basemanTim Harkness, and veteran outfielder/pinch hitterElmer Valo. Fernández starts 145 games during 1957, becoming the Phils' firstLatin American regular player.
• April 16 – On Opening Day of theNational League season, theNew York Giants reacquire catcherRay Katt, along with third basemanRay Jablonski, from theChicago Cubs for journeyman southpawDick Littlefield and outfielderBob Lennon.
• April 18 –New York City parks commissionerRobert Moses proposes a new 78-acre (320,000 m²) tract inFlushing Meadows as a site for a new National League baseball stadium. The plan, submitted tomayorRobert F. Wagner Jr., includes a 50,000-seat stadium with a plastic dome to be built by the parks department.^[6]Shea Stadium—minus a dome—is eventually built on the Flushing Meadows site; it opens in 1964.
• April 20 – TheSt. Louis Cardinals atone for an ill-advised 1956Frank Lane trade, sending weak-hitting outfielderBobby Del Greco and left-handed pitcherEd Mayer to theChicago Cubs for outfielderJim King. The Cards had obtained Del Greco from thePittsburgh Pirates even up for outfielderBill Virdon 11 months earlier, but he had batted only .215 in a St. Louis uniform.
• April 21 – In the first inning of a 3–1 loss to theMilwaukee Braves atMilwaukee County Stadium, theCincinnati Redlegs are involved in a bizarre play. WithDon Hoak on second andGus Bell on first,Wally Post hits a ground ball to Milwaukee shortstopJohnny Logan. Hoak breaks up a potentialdouble play by fielding the ball himself and flipping it to Logan. Hoak is called out for interference (contact with a batted ball before a fielder touched it), but Post is given a single on the play. The day before,Johnny Temple let Bell's ground ball hit him with the same result, Temple being called out for interference and Bell being awarded a single. The two incidents prompt league presidentsWarren Giles andWill Harridge to jointly announce a rule change that declared both the runner and batter out if the runner intentionally interfered with a batted ball, with no runners allowed to advance.
• April 22 –John Irvin Kennedy becomes the first black player inPhiladelphia Phillies history, entering the game in the top of the 8th inning as a pinch runner forSolly Hemus.
• April 24
  • TheNew York City Board of Estimate fails to act onRobert Moses'Flushing Meadows stadium plan as outlined by mayorRobert Wagner less than a week ago. It's reported that the board "needs more time" to study the plan.
  • In the fourth inning of aChicago Cubs 9–5 loss to theCincinnati Redlegs atCrosley Field, Cubs pitcherMoe Drabowsky claims to be hit on the foot by aJoe Nuxhall pitch. Afterwards, teammateDick Drott borrows a wheelchair from a fan and wheels Drabowsky to first base, and immediately is ejected by home plate umpireStan Landes. Drabowsky is eventually calledout on strikes.
• April 26 – Former team ownerWalter Briggs Jr. resigns as general manager of theDetroit Tigers after disagreements with the Tigers' new board of directors. He is replaced byJohn McHale, 35, the club's farm system director.
• April 27 – Latin American baseball mourns at the funeral for all-time great player and managerLázaro Salazar inMexico City. The roster of theDiablos Rojos del México, decked out in full uniform, act as pall bearers for their late manager, who died suddenly two days earlier at age 45 after being stricken in the club's dugout. (SeeDeaths entry for April 25.) Salazar will be honored by membership in the national baseball halls of fame inMexico,Venezuela and his nativeCuba. A commemorative plaque inMonterrey will call Salazar "the greatest manager there has ever been in Mexico. The first to conquer seven pennants in a row. An extraordinary pitcher, first baseman and outfielder."^[7]
• April 29 – TheWashington Senators trade pitchersBob Chakales andDean Stone to theBoston Red Sox for pitcherRuss Kemmerer, shortstopMilt Bolling and outfielderFaye Throneberry.

• May 1
  • ThePittsburgh Pirates deal 1956 All-Star first basemanDale Long and outfielderLee Walls to theChicago Cubs for first basemanDee Fondy and second basemanGene Baker. Long had set an MLB record in May 1956 by smashing home runs in eight consecutive games.
  • Wally Post's two-run single is decisive as the visitingCincinnati Redlegs defeat thePhiladelphia Phillies, 8–6, in 16 innings atConnie Mack Stadium.
• May 2 – In another 16-inning affair, this time atEbbets Field,Don Blasingame's single plates the winning run andLarry Jackson fires four scoreless innings in relief, lifting theSt. Louis Cardinals to a 3–2 victory over theBrooklyn Dodgers.
• May 7
  • Two batters into the game atCleveland Stadium,Indians' pitcherHerb Score is hit in the face by a line drive byNew York YankeeGil McDougald, the ball breaking numerous bones and leaving him bloodied. McDougald vows to quit if Score is blinded as a result. Score regains his 20/20 vision, but will miss the remainder of the 1957 season. WithBob Lemon pitching the rest of the way, the Indians defeat the Yankees 2–1.
  • The 4–16Washington Senators make the year's first managerial change, dismissingChuck Dressen and replacing him with1947 World Series heroCookie Lavagetto.

• May 10 – MayorGeorge Christopher ofSan Francisco confers withHorace Stoneham on a possible shift of theNew York Giants franchise to theWest Coast.
• May 15 – TheCleveland Indians erupt for three runs in the top of the 16th inning to defeat theBaltimore Orioles, 11–8, atMemorial Stadium.Cal McLish, Cleveland's seventh pitcher of the day, gets the win.
• May 21
  • Hosting, and dropping, another 16-inning game, theBaltimore Orioles waste a 15-frame, one-run-allowed effort from starterRay Moore, when theDetroit Tigers'Reno Bertoia knocks inPaul Foytack with the tie-breaking run off relieverMike Fornieles, giving Detroit a 2–1 victory. Moore had furnished the Baltimore run with a third-inning homer, his second long ball in two games and third of 1957.
  • Citing it as a "Men Only" room, theBoston Red Sox deny Doris O'Donnell a seat in the press room. O'Donnell is a reporter covering theCleveland Indians on their road trip to Boston.
• May 23 – TheChicago Cubs reacquire pitcherDon Elston from theBrooklyn Dodgers for pitchersJackie Collum andVito Valentinetti. Elston will become the Cubs' ace relief pitcher beginning in 1958 and anNL All-Star in 1959.
• May 28 – TheNational League approves the proposed moves of theGiants andDodgers to the West Coast, provided both clubs make their request before October 1 and move at the same time.
• May 29 –New York City mayorRobert Wagner says he plans to speak with the Giants and Dodgers about the proposed moves, but warns that the city will not be "blackjacked" into anything.
• May 30 –Walter O'Malley rejects an offer from aQueens group to buy the Dodgers.

• June 1 – The sluggingCincinnati Redlegs, who tied an MLB record for team homers in a season in1956, overwhelm theChicago Cubs atCrosley Field, 22–2. Among Cincinnati's 22 hits are seven home runs, including two from futureHall-of-FamerFrank Robinson and one from winning pitcherHal Jeffcoat, a former Cub and former outfielder.
• June 9 –Ernie Banks belts his 100th career home run, helping theChicago Cubs beat thePhiladelphia Phillies, 7–3.
• June 13
  • For the second time in 1957,Ted Williams slugs three home runs in a game, connecting today off fellow future Hall-of-FamersEarly Wynn andBob Lemon in theBoston Red Sox' 9–3 victory over theIndians atCleveland Stadium.^[8] Early this year, on May 8, the 38-year-old slugger had belted three long balls at Chicago'sComiskey Park against theWhite Sox.^[9] While Williams will hit 521 career homers, he'll have only three three-home-run games; these two and one on July 14, 1946.^[10]
  • A donnybrook breaks out atEbbets Field in the second inning. After theMilwaukee Braves'Bill Bruton hits his second home run of the day,Don Drysdale of theBrooklyn Dodgers plunksJohnny Logan. The enraged Braves shortstop charges the mound, but it's the on-deck hitter,Eddie Mathews, who catches up to Drysdale and punches him in the ensuing melee. Logan and Drysdale are ejected, Mathews stays in the game, and the Braves win 8–5.
  • TheAmerican League has abeanball-induced brawl of its own. In the second inning atComiskey Park, theChicago White Sox'Larry Doby takes exception when a wild pitch from theNew York Yankees'Art Ditmar sails over his head. The benches clear and a 28-minute melee ensues; the White Sox' Doby andWalt Dropo are ejected for fighting, along with the Yankees'Billy Martin andEnos Slaughter. Ditmar stays in the game and goes eight innings, gaining credit for the Bombers' 4–3 win.^[11] Martin's ejection comes in his penultimate appearance as a player in a Yankee uniform; he'll be traded away two days later.
  • TheBaltimore Orioles trade third baseman/outfielderDick Williams to theCleveland Indians for outfielderJim Busby.
• June 14
  • TheDetroit Tigers deal first basemanEarl Torgeson to theChicago White Sox for outfielderDave Philley.
  • TheBoston Red Sox trade infielder and1950batting championBilly Goodman to theBaltimore Orioles for relief pitcherMike Fornieles.
• June 15
  • TheMilwaukee Braves add the final missing piece to their lineup, acquiring futureBaseball Hall of Fame second basemanRed Schoendienst from theNew York Giants for three players: pitcherRay Crone, second basemanDanny O'Connell and outfielderBobby Thomson, the erstwhile (1951) Giant hero. Schoendienst, 34, bats .310 in 93 games as a Brave, and helps them win the1957 World Series. He also contributes to their1958NL pennant.
  • A month after the highly publicized "Copacabana incident" at theManhattan nightclub, theNew York Yankees trade second basemanBilly Martin, along with pitcherRalph Terry, infielderWoodie Held and outfielderBob Martyn, to theKansas City Athletics in exchange for pitcherRyne Duren and outfieldersHarry Simpson andJim Pisoni. Press coverage has implicated Martin and Yankee starsMickey Mantle,Whitey Ford,Yogi Berra andHank Bauer in a May 15 brawl involving other customers at the club, but only Martin will be punished via the trade to the lowly Athletics.^[12] The banishment will cause Martin to hold a grudge against his former mentor and father figure,Casey Stengel.
• June 17 – TheWashington Senators sign teenaged amateur free agentJim Kaat, a freshman atHope College ofHolland, Michigan. The left-hander will win 283 games and 16Gold Glove Awards over 25 MLB seasons and a 2022 berth in theBaseball Hall of Fame.

• June 21 – AtBusch Stadium,St. Louis Cardinals rookie phenomVon McDaniel—making his first MLBstart—allows only two hits and throws a complete game, 2–0 shutout against the defending league championBrooklyn Dodgers. Von, 18, is the younger brother of the Cardinals'Lindy McDaniel. Today's game is his third big-league appearance since he signed as abonus baby out of an Oklahoma high school in May. His season so far: threegames pitched, a 2–0won–lost mark, 17innings pitched, fourhits and noruns (earned or unearned) allowed, threebases on balls and 13strikeouts.
• June 26 – TheBaltimore Orioles sign 18-year-old amateur free agent pitcherMilt Pappas, a recent graduate ofCooley High School,Detroit.
• June 28 – Veteran right-handerRay Moore throws theOrioles' fourth straight shutout, blanking theCleveland Indians on three hits, 6–0, atMemorial Stadium. His "CGSO" follows similar efforts fromHal Brown,Billy Loes andConnie Johnson. The Baltimore staff's scoreless streak will reach 46 innings—longest in MLB in 1957—until it's broken with two out in the fifth inning the following day, also against Cleveland.^[13]

• July 2 – Left-fielderLee Wallshits for the cycle and drives in four runs, but hisChicago Cubs drop an 8–6 decision to theCincinnati Redlegs atWrigley Field.^[14]
• July 4 – At the season's unofficial half-way point, there's a five-team race in theNational League:Cincinnati (44–32) holds the lead, butSt. Louis,Milwaukee,Brooklyn and Philadelphia are all within three games from first place. In theAmerican League, theNew York Yankees (48–26) boast a three-game edge over theChicago White Sox. The Bombers went 21–9 during the month of June.
• July 6
  • Seeking a right-handed hitting first baseman to temporarily replace the sidelinedJoe Adcock, theMilwaukee Braves purchase the contract ofVernal "Nippy" Jones fromSacramento of thePacific Coast League. Former big-leaguer Jones, 32, who's been playing in the high minors since May 1952, will stick with the Braves all season and "make his mark" during a pinch-hitting appearance in Game 4 of the1957 World Series exactly three months from today.
  • Claude Osteen makes his major league debut. He appears in mop up duty, going only two-thirds of an inning in relief for theCincinnati Redlegs in a 17–3 loss to theSt. Louis Cardinals.

• July 9 – AtBusch Stadium (formerly Sportsman's Park), home of theSt. Louis Cardinals, theAmerican League defeats theNational League, 6–5, in theAll-Star Game.Jim Bunning of theDetroit Tigers—the future Hall of Famer andUnited States Senator—goes three perfect innings to gain the win.
  • The run-up to the game is marked by theballot stuffing campaign by fans of theCincinnati Redlegs, which results in the election of seven Cincinnati regulars — catcherEd Bailey, second basemanJohnny Temple, third basemanDon Hoak, shortstopRoy McMillan, and the entire starting outfield ofFrank Robinson (left),Gus Bell (center) andWally Post (right) — to the NL's starting lineup. The only exception, first basemanGeorge Crowe, is beaten out by St. Louis iconStan Musial. After an investigation, CommissionerFord Frick replaces Bell and Post withWillie Mays (center field) andHank Aaron (right field); Bell remains on the NL team as a reserve, while an injury keeps Post on the sidelines.
• July 11 – The season's unofficial second half begins with anotherbrushback pitch and another bench-clearing brawl. Today, in the seventh atEbbets Field,Raúl Sánchez of theRedlegs knocks downJim Gilliam of theDodgers and the full-scale melee commences. When the dust clears, umpireJocko Conlan tosses Gilliam and Sánchez, plus Brooklyn'sCharlie Neal and Cincinnati'sDon Hoak. Two batters later,Duke Snider slugs a two-run homer off the Redlegs relieverTom Acker, the difference-maker in a 5–4 Dodger victory.^[15]
• July 18 –New York Giants ownerHorace Stoneham says his team will quit New York City after the season, adding that he's not heard anything more from San Francisco and that his move is not contingent on the Dodgers' fate. He sees a new stadium or joint occupancy ofYankee Stadium as the only reason for the Giants to stay in New York.
• July 20 – Before 6,758 fans atEbbets Field, theBrooklyn Dodgers defeat theChicago Cubs, 7–5.Duke Snider belts his 300th career home run; it's his 24th long ball of the season, and his eighth in ten games since the All-Star break.
• July 23 –New York Yankees superstarMickey Mantlehits for the cycle in a 10–6 triumph over the visitingChicago White Sox; it will be the only "cycle" of Mantle's 18-season career.^[16] His home run, a 465 ft (142 m) blast offBob Keegan, almost "leaves Yankee Stadium" according to a newspaper headline.^[17]
• July 26 – Only three days after his big day against the White Sox,Mickey Mantle hits his 200th career home run. A solo shot, it comes atYankee Stadium in the ninth inning of a loss to theDetroit Tigers'Jim Bunning, like Mantle a futureHall of Famer.
• July 28 – In his seventh MLB start, teenagerVon McDaniel of theSt. Louis Cardinals again makes headlines when he throws a one-hit, 4–0 shutout against the visitingPittsburgh Pirates, improving hisrecord to 5–2 and lowering hisearned run average to 2.67. A second-inning double byGene Baker ultimately deprives McDaniel of both ano-hitter andperfect game.^[18] The 18-year-old Oklahoman will post a 7–5 (3.22ERA) record for this season, but in 1958 he will experience severecontrol problems that will end his pitching career.

• August 1 –Gil Hodges belts his 13th careergrand slam to establish a newNational League record. It also proves to be the last grand slam in the history of theBrooklyn Dodgers.
• August 2 – Having just lost the sixth of what will be an eight-game losing streak, thePittsburgh Pirates (36–67 and seventh in the NL) replace managerBobby Bragan with coachDanny Murtaugh, 39, a former Pirate second baseman. The Bucs will go 26–25 under Murtaugh, and he'll manage them for the next seven full seasons, leading them to the1960 World Series title.
• August 3 –Lou Boudreau is fired as manager of theKansas City Athletics, losers of 11 of their last 13 games and eighth in theAmerican League. CoachHarry Craft takes the reins.
• August 19 – WithHorace Stoneham citing poor attendance andSan Francisco promising to build a new stadium in theBayview area, theNew York Giants' board of directors votes 8–1 to move toCalifornia in 1958. The only dissenting vote is byM. Donald Grant, who would go on to be one of the founders of theNew York Mets.
• August 20 –Bob Keegan of theChicago White Soxno-hits theWashington Senators 6–0 in the second game of a doubleheader atComiskey Park. The no-hitter is the first by a White Sox pitcher sinceBill Dietrich in1937.
• August 23 – Ambidextrous Ángel Maciás, pitching exclusively right-handed, hurls aperfect game in the championship match of the1957 Little League World Series atWilliamsport, enablingMonterrey, Mexico, to become the first team from outside the U.S. to win the LLWS. The Monterrey squad, comprising boys from the factory town, will be fêted by the presidents of both Mexico and the United States.

• September 1 – TheNew York Yankees are awarded pitcherSal Maglie, 40, via a waiver claim from theBrooklyn Dodgers.
• September 2 – In the first game of a doubleheader atWrigley Field,Frank Torre of theMilwaukee Braves ties a National League record by scoring six runs in the Braves' 23–10 victory over theChicago Cubs. The Braves' 26 hits are the most by a team in one game in 1957.^[13]
• September 5 & 6 – In consecutive days, pitchers hitwalk-off home runs—the only time this occurs in MLB history. On September 5 inThe Bronx,Bob Grim slugs a three-run homer with two out in the ninth, enabling theNew York Yankees to beat theBoston Red Sox, 5–2;^[19] then, the next night,Chicago White Sox relieverDixie Howell follows suit, hitting a solo blast against theKansas City Athletics with one out in the ninth for a 4–3 victory atComiskey Park.^[20][21]
• September 8 – TheBrooklyn Dodgers andNew York Giants battle one last time before each team heads toCalifornia. The Giants defeat the Dodgers 3–2 at the Polo Grounds, behind starterCurt Barclay and closerMarv Grissom.Hank Sauer has the key hit, a two-run homer off losing hurlerDon Drysdale.
• September 14 –Ernie Banks hits three home runs, helpingChicago Cubs beat the visitingPittsburgh Pirates, 7–3. It's the second time in Banks' career he's hit three homers in a game.^[22]
• September 21 – TheBaltimore Orioles purchase the contract of futureHall-of-FamerHoyt Wilhelm from theSt. Louis Cardinals. Knuckle-baller Wilhelm, 35, has 15 years, ano-hitter, and sevenAll-Star team selections remaining in his 21-season MLB career.
• September 23 – In their fifth season since leavingBoston, theMilwaukee Braves clinch theNational League pennant atCounty Stadium after Braves slugger (and eventual 1957 NL MVP)Hank Aaron clubs a two-runwalk-off home run offBilly Muffett in the bottom of the 11th inning to give Milwaukee a 4–2 victory over theSt. Louis Cardinals. The clincher is witnessed by 40,926 fans during a season in which the Braves draw 2.21 million fans, most-ever in the 82-year-long history of the Senior Circuit.
• September 24 – In the last game at Brooklyn'sEbbets Field, 6,702 fans watch Dodgers' leftyDanny McDevitt prevail over thePittsburgh Pirates, 2–0.Gil Hodges has Brooklyn's last RBI.
• September 29
  • With1895 New York Giants managerJack Doyle, now age 87, among the 11,606 looking on, the Giants lose their final game at thePolo Grounds, 9–1 to thePittsburgh Pirates. Pirates pitcherBob Friend defeatsJohnny Antonelli in the historic contest, and fans storm the field for souvenirs as soon asDusty Rhodes grounds to Pittsburgh shortstopDick Groat for the final out.
  • Ted Williams goes two for two against theNew York Yankees atFenway Park, raising hisbatting average to .388 before leaving for a pinch runner. Williams, 39 years old and the last man to bat over .400 (.406 in1941), captures his fifth AL batting championship and first since1948. Sidelined for two weeks and 14 games bypneumonia in September, he manages to end the season with 38 home runs, second in the Junior Circuit, four fewer than theWashington Senators'Roy Sievers.
  • TheCleveland Indians fireKerby Farrell after his rookie season as their manager, which sees Cleveland (76–77, sixth in theAmerican League) fall under .500 for the first time since 1946.Bobby Bragan, fired by thePittsburgh Pirates in August, is named Farrell's successor.

• October 6 – TheNew York Yankees are poised to take a three-games-to-one lead over theMilwaukee Braves in the1957 World Series, ahead 5–4 in the tenth inning of Game 4 atCounty Stadium, when the Braves send upNippy Jones to pinch-hit forWarren Spahn leading off the home half of the frame. A low, inside pitch fromTommy Byrne skids past Yankee catcherYogi Berra and rolls to the backstop, seemingly Ball 1. However, Jones protests to umpireAugie Donatelli that he washit on the foot by Byrne's offering and should be awarded first base. The polish from Jones' right shoe on the retrieved baseball proves his argument. Jones takes his base, and the "shoe polish incident" opens the floodgates. The Braves go on to score three runs, win 7–5 onEddie Mathews' home run, and tie the Fall Classic at two games each.^[23] The incident is cited as the turning point when Milwaukee goes on to win the world championship in seven games. The Game 4plate appearance is Jones' last as a big-leaguer.
• October 7 – TheLos Angeles City Council approves theChavez Ravine site forDodger Stadium by a vote of ten to four.
• October 8 –Brooklyn Dodgers ownerWalter O'Malley announces that the Dodgers will be moving toLos Angeles for the 1958 season. New York would not have aNational League team again until the expansionNew York Mets began play in 1962.
• October 10 – TheMilwaukee Braves defeat theNew York Yankees, 5–0, in Game 7 of theWorld Series to win the franchise's second World Series, and the only Fall Classic it will win during its 13-year tenure inMilwaukee. This is the Braves' first World Series win since the"Miracle" Boston Braves of1914. They also become the first team to win a championship after relocating. Braves pitcherLew Burdette is namedWorld Series Most Valuable Player with three complete game victories, including twoshutouts. He is the first pitcher to throw twoshutouts in theWorld Series sinceChristy Mathewson in1905.
• October 15 – A final potential roadblock to theNew York Giants' relocation falls by the wayside, when the Giants andBoston Red Sox swap ownership of owned-and-operated minor-league franchises. When Boston exchanges itsSan Francisco Seals of thePacific Coast League for the Giants'Minneapolis Millers of theAmerican Association,Horace Stoneham gains territorial rights toSan Francisco.
• October 16 –Hank Greenberg, general manager of theCleveland Indians for eight seasons, is notified by the Tribe's board of directors that his contract will not be renewed. The Hall of Fame slugger will remain a minority owner of the franchise through 1958.

• November 7 –Philadelphia Phillies right-handerJack Sanford, who won 19 games (losing eight), led his league instrikeouts (188), and posted anearned run average of 3.08, wins 1957'sNational League Rookie of the Year Award.
• November 12 – "Trader"Frank Lane resigns as general manager of theSt. Louis Cardinals and is replaced byBing Devine. Lane, 62, is then hired to succeedHank Greenberg as GM of theCleveland Indians, where he will enhance his reputation as a compulsive wheeler-dealer through the end of the 1960 season.
• November 14 – TheMilwaukee Braves'Hank Aaron, 23, who led theNational League in runs scored, homers, RBI, and total bases, wins what will be the onlyNL MVP Award of a 23-year career. Batting championStan Musial of theSt. Louis Cardinals, 36, finishes second inBBWAA balloting.
• November 20
  • After playing 73 games for theKansas City Athletics since being acquired from theNew York Yankees on June 15, second basemanBilly Martin is traded for the second time in five months as part of a 13-player deal between his Athletics and theDetroit Tigers. In the transaction, Kansas City sends Martin, pitchersMickey McDermott andTom Morgan, catcherTim Thompson, and outfieldersLou Skizas andGus Zernial to Detroit for pitchersDuke Maas andJohn Tsitouris, catcherFrank House, first basemenKent Hadley andJim McManus ("PTBNL"), and outfieldersJim Small andBill Tuttle.
  • Shigeo Nagashima, a slugger star at Rikkyo University, signs with theYomiuri Giants for a record bonus of $69,000.
• November 22:
  • Mickey Mantle barely edgesTed Williams, 233 to 209 votes, to win theAmerican League MVP Award. Mantle batted .365 with 34 home runs for the first-placeNew York Yankees, while Williams, of the third-placeBoston Red Sox, led the AL with a .388 average and a stunning .731 slugging percentage. Red Sox ownerTom Yawkey fumes at the news, noting that two Chicago writers listed the 39-year-old Williams in the ninth and tenth places on their ballots.
  • After 22 seasons of work,National League umpireLarry Goetz is unwillingly "retired" by league presidentWarren Giles. The discharged arbitrator had been critical of the Senior Circuit because of its refusal to include umpires in the players' pension fund.
• November 26 –Yoshio Tanaka, an American citizen of Japanese descent, is named manager of theHanshin Tigers, becoming the first American to manage aNPB club.
• November 28 –Milwaukee Braves pitcherWarren Spahn, who posted a 21–11 record with 111 strikeouts and a 3.49 ERA, wins the 1957MLB Cy Young Award almost unanimously. His only competition for the title isDick Donovan of theChicago White Sox (16–6, 88, 3.35), who receives one vote. Only one pitcher is selected each season for this prestigious pitching award until1967, when each league will name a winner.
• November 29 – New York City mayorRobert F. Wagner Jr. forms a four-member committee to seek the relocation of existing National League teams to replace the departedDodgers andGiants.^[24] TheCincinnati Redlegs,Philadelphia Phillies, andPittsburgh Pirates all reject the city's overtures.

• December 2 – ThreePacific Coast League franchises are forced to relocate when theBrooklyn Dodgers confirm their long-rumored move to Los Angeles for the 1958 season and theNew York Giants announce their move to San Francisco. TheHollywood Stars move from Los Angeles toSalt Lake City, theLos Angeles Angels transfer toSpokane, Washington, and theSan Francisco Seals move toPhoenix, Arizona.
• December 3 – TheChicago White Sox deal futureHall-of-FamerLarry Doby, 33, to theBaltimore Orioles, along with pitchersJack Harshman andRuss Heman and first basemanJim Marshall, for pitcherRay Moore, infielderBilly Goodman and outfielderTito Francona.
• December 4 – In another seismic trade, theWhite Sox trade outfielderMinnie Miñoso, a future Hall-of-Famer and fan favorite, to theCleveland Indians, along with journeyman infielderFred Hatfield, for another Cooperstown-bound player, pitcherEarly Wynn, and outfielderAl Smith.
• December 5
  • TheCincinnati Redlegs trade 19-year-old prospectCurt Flood and fellow outfielderJoe Taylor to theSt. Louis Cardinals for pitchersMarty Kutyna,Willard Schmidt andTed Wieand. Centerfielder Flood will become a three-timeNational LeagueAll-Star, a seven-timeGold Glove Award winner, and two-timeWorld Series champion with St. Louis—then go on to roil the baseball establishment with hislegal challenge of thereserve clause.
  • TheMilwaukee Braves deal southpawTaylor Phillips and catcherSammy Taylor to theChicago Cubs for pitchersDon Kaiser andBob Rush and outfielderEddie Haas. Veteran right-hander Rush is a two-time formerNL All-Star.
• December 7 –The Associated Press and theBBWAA overwhelmingly vote theNew York Yankees' versatileTony Kubek as theAmerican League's1957 Rookie of the Year. Though he will become known primarily as a shortstop, Kubek has spent his rookie campaign playing outfield (50 games) and third base (38 games) as well as 41 games at short.Boston Red Sox third basemanFrank Malzone, the only other "ROTY" candidate, receives one vote.
• December 9
  • ThePittsburgh Pirates deal pitcherBob Purkey to theCincinnati Redlegs for southpawDon Gross. Purkey will help Cincinnati win the1961 NL pennant, then go 23–5 the following year.
  • TheNew York Yankees unconditionally release infielder and five-timeWorld Series championJerry Coleman after nine seasons with the Bombers. Coleman, a 33-year-oldUnited States Marine Corps combat veteran of bothWorld War II and theKorean War, will serve three seasons in the Yankees' front office before beginning a long baseball broadcasting career that culminates with aFord C. Frick Award.
• December 16 – TheCincinnati Redlegs keep dealing, acquiring left-handed starterHarvey Haddix from thePhiladelphia Phillies for outfielderWally Post.
• December 17 – TheBoston Red Sox release second basemanGene Mauch and name him manager of their newTriple-A farm club, theMinneapolis Millers. Mauch, 32, will enjoy two successful seasons in Minneapolis before beginning his MLB managing career in April 1960 with thePhiladelphia Phillies.
• December 28 – After a Christmas hiatus, theRedlegs make their final major trade of 1957 by sending 11-year team veteran and sluggerTed Kluszewski to thePittsburgh Pirates for another 33-year-old first baseman,Dee Fondy. Injured for much of 1957, "Big Klu" is still a popular, four-time All-Star and author of 251 homers in a Cincinnati uniform.
• December 30 – The onlyLouisiana-based team in theTexas League, theShreveport Sports, withdraws from theDouble-A circuit. The Sports have remained all-White since the leagueintegrated in1952, and a 1956 state law banning interracial athletic events in Louisiana has forced the seven other Texas League clubs to leave their Black players home while visiting Shreveport during 1957. The Sports will be inactive in1958, then join the segregatedSouthern Association in1959.^[25][26][27]

• Fear Strikes Out

• January 5 –Bob Dernier
• January 13 –Mike Madden
• January 14 –Tony Brizzolara
• January 16
  • Steve Balboni
  • Marty Castillo
• January 19 –Brad Mills
• January 22 –Brian Dayett
• January 23 –Alfonso Pulido
• January 25 –John Flannery

• February 1 –Tom Wieghaus
• February 2 –Craig Chamberlain
• February 3
  • Larry Poncino
  • Don Welchel
• February 4 –Randy Gomez
• February 7
  • Dámaso García
  • Carney Lansford
• February 9 –Pat Underwood
• February 10 –Jeff Cornell
• February 12 –Steve Brown
• February 14 –Jaime Cocanower
• February 19 –Dave Stewart
• February 20 –Jesús Figueroa
• February 23 –Jim Anderson

• March 1 –Johnny Ray
• March 3 –Skeeter Barnes
• March 5 –Jerry Ujdur
• March 8
  • John Butcher
  • Bob Stoddard
• March 12 –Mike Quade
• March 13 –Duane Walker
• March 14
  • Steve Lake
  • Ty Waller
• March 15 –Freddie Martinez
• March 18
  • Rickey Keeton
  • Al Olmsted
• March 21 –Luis Leal
• March 27 –Dave Van Gorder

• April 1 –Manny Castillo
• April 7 –Rick Engle
• April 17 –Dave Huppert
• April 21 –Jesse Orosco
• April 22 –Dave Schmidt
• April 23 –Darryl Cias
• April 27 –Willie Upshaw

• May 1 –Allan Ramirez
• May 4 –Rick Leach
• May 6 –Kim Seaman
• May 9
  • Steve Hammond
  • John Stuper
• May 12 –Lou Whitaker
• May 14 –Fran Mullins
• May 16 –Mark Funderburk
• May 17 –Pascual Pérez
• May 19 –Ben Callahan
• May 28
  • Kirk Gibson
  • Tom Grant

• June 4 –Tony Peña
• June 6
  • Steve Fireovid
  • Max Venable
• June 7 –Marty Decker
• June 8 –Don Robinson
• June 14
  • Greg Brock
  • Tony Castillo
• June 15 –Brett Butler
• June 16 –Salomé Barojas
• June 19 –Bob Gibson
• June 21 –Jay Pettibone
• June 24 –Doug Jones
• June 26
  • Jose Barrios
  • Mike Griffin
• June 29 –Eddie Miller
• June 30 –Bud Black

• July 3 –Danny Heep
• July 6 –Rich Murray
• July 7 –Dan Gladden
• July 12 –Manabu Kitabeppu
• July 13 –Chris Jones
• July 18 –Chris Smith
• July 19 –Curt Kaufman
• July 22 –Dave Stieb
• July 27 –Floyd Rayford
• July 30
  • Clint Hurdle
  • Steve Trout
• July 31
  • Howard Bailey
  • Leon Durham

• August 1 –Myron White
• August 4 –Ben Hayes
• August 6 –Bob Horner
• August 8 –Ray Fontenot
• August 9 –John Moses
• August 17 –Bill Landrum
• August 19
  • Scott Meyer
  • David Palmer
• August 20 –DeWayne Buice
• August 21
  • Steve Eddy
  • Frank Pastore
• August 23
  • Mike Boddicker
  • Tim Welke
• August 24 –Butch Benton
• August 26 –Alex Treviño
• August 30 –Dave Smith
• August 31 –Tom Candiotti

• September 1 –Dave Rucker
• September 4 –Kelly Heath
• September 10 –Len Whitehouse
• September 12 –Mario Ramírez
• September 14
  • Jerry Don Gleaton
  • Tim Wallach
• September 18 –Roger Mason
• September 23 –Tony Fossas
• September 25 –Glenn Hubbard
• September 26
  • Kelvin Moore
  • Doug Sisk
• September 29
  • Tim Flannery
  • Craig Lefferts
• September 30 –Ed Rapuano

• October 2 –Andre Robertson
• October 5 –Onix Concepción
• October 6 –Alfredo Griffin
• October 8
  • Mike Chris
  • Bob Skube
• October 17 –Kelly Paris
• October 18 –Mike Walters
• October 20 –Rick Ownbey
• October 22 –Jeff Jones
• October 23 –Dwight Lowry
• October 24
  • Ron Gardenhire
  • Bill Hayes
  • Ed Jurak
• October 26 –Harry Chappas
• October 29
  • Terry Felton
  • George Stablein
• October 30 –Houston Jiménez

• November 1 –José Moreno
• November 9 –Teddy Higuera
• November 10 –Jeff Twitty
• November 11 –Wil Culmer
• November 25 –Tony Brewer
• November 28 –Pat Rooney
• November 29 –Dennis Burtt

• December 4
  • Mike Couchee
  • Pat Sheridan
  • Lee Smith
• December 6 –Steve Bedrosian
• December 9
  • Steve Christmas
  • Ed Romero
• December 16 –Tom Gorman
• December 17
  • Mark Dempsey
  • Bob Ojeda
• December 20 –Bill Laskey
• December 21 –Tom Henke
• December 24 –Víctor Cruz

• January 6
  • Ed Abbaticchio, 79, middle infielder who played with four teams in three different leagues over nine seasons between 1897 and 1910, most prominently for the1909 World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates.
  • Gil Gallagher, 60, shortstop for the 1922 Boston Braves.
• January 7 –Ches Crist, 74, backup catcher who played in 1906 for the Philadelphia Phillies.
• January 9 –Billy Gleason, 62, second baseman who played with the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1916 to 1917 and for the St. Louis Browns in 1921.
• January 12 –Victor Starffin, 40, Hall of Fame Japanese Baseball League pitcher
• January 17
  • Carl Sawyer, 66, middle infielder and third baseman who played from 1915 to 1916 for the Washington Senators.
  • Tom Stanton, 82, catcher for the 1904 Chicago Cubs.
• January 19
  • Slim Branham, 56, pitcher whose career included hurling for seven teams in theNegro National League andEastern Colored League between 1920 and 1927.
  • Larry Strands, 71, outfielder who played for theNewark Pepper of the outlawFederal League in 1915, and later spent six seasons in the Minor Leagues from 1911 through 1916.
• January 22 –Petie Behan, 69, pitcher who spent time with theGuelph Maple Leafs of the Ontario-basedIntercounty Baseball League in the early 1910s, before joining the Philadelphia Phillies from 1921 to 1923.
• January 31 –Chick Maynard, 60, shortstop for the 1922 Boston Red Sox.

• February 8 –Lee McElwee, 62, third baseman for the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics.
• February 16 –Cap Clark, 60, backup catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1938 season.
• February 19 –Red Munson, 73, catcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1905.
• February 20 –Dixie Leverett, 62, pitcher whose major league career spanned five season from 1922 to 1929 for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Braves.
• February 22 –Jim Begley, 54, second baseman who made two game appearances for the Cincinnati Reds in the 1924 season.
• February 24 –Bugs Reisigl, 69, pitcher for the 1911 Cleveland Naps.

• March 2 –Frank Hafner, 89, 19th century pitched who played two games for the1888 Kansas City Cowboys of the American Association.
• March 10 –Erskine Mayer, 67, left-handed pitcher for the 1912–1918 Philadelphia Phillies, 1918–1919 Pittsburgh Pirates and 1919 Chicago White Sox, who posted a 91–70 record and 2.96 ERA in 245 games, while collecting back-to-back 21-wins seasons for Philadelphia in 1914 and 1915;^[28] appeared in 1915 and 1919 Word Series.
• March 12 –Dick Niehaus, 64, pitcher who played from 1913 through 1915 with the St. Louis Cardinals and for the Cleveland Indians in 1920.
• March 20 –Ezra Midkiff, third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds in 1909 and New York Highlanders/Yankees from 1912 to 1913.
• March 22 –Charlie Babington, 61, backup outfielder for the New York Giants in the 1915 season.
• March 31 –Billy Meyer, 64, catcher and manager who played with the Chicago White Sox in 1913 and Philadelphia Athletics from 1916 to 1917; longtime, successful minor-league manager who helmed the Pittsburgh Pirates over five seasons from 1948 to 1952; his uniform #1 was retired by the Pirates in 1954.^[29]

• April 5 –Art Bader, 70, backup outfielder for the1904 St. Louis Browns.
• April 7 –Jim Scott, nicknamed "Death Valley Jim", 68, two-time 20-game-winner for the Chicago White Sox who compiled 107 victories with a 2.30earned run average in nine seasons from 1909 to 1917; member of the 1917 World Series champions who remains one of the leading pitchers in White Sox annals, with his career ERA ranking 19th all-time in MLB history as of 2019;^[30] spent 25 years in majors and minors as a pitcher and umpire.
• April 15
  • Jack Coombs, 74, key member of thePhiladelphia Athletics pitching staff, along withChief Bender andEddie Plank, on the 1910–1911 World Series champions; posted a 31–6 record with 13shutouts and 1.30ERA in 1910, then defeated theChicago Cubs three times in the1910 World Series; in 1911, he went 28–12, then won two games (losing none) against theNew York Giants in the1911 World Series; in his rookie season, he hurled a 24-inning, 4–1complete game victory over theBoston Americans on September 1, 1906;^[31] also hurled for the 1916 National League champion Brooklyn Robins and won his only decision, to raise his Fall Classic record to 5–0 (2.70) in six games; his 13 shutouts still stand as a single season record in American League;^[32] managedPhiladelphia Phillies for first 63 games of the 1919 season.
  • Ernie Padgett, 58, third baseman and middle infielder for the Boston Braves and Cleveland Indians in parts of five seasons spanning 1923–1927, who is best known for turning the fourthunassisted triple play in Major League Baseball history on October 6, 1923.
  • Rube Schauer, 66, Russian pitcher who played for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics over five seasons from 1913 through 1917.
  • George Watkins, 30, third baseman for the 1946 Philadelphia Stars of the Negro National League.^[33]
• April 18
  • Zearlee Maxwell, 54, third baseman for the 1937–1938Memphis Red Sox of theNegro American League.
  • Wally Reinecker, 66, third baseman who played for theBaltimore Terrapins of the outlawFederal League in 1915.
  • Bill Sweeney, 52, first baseman for the Detroit Tigers in 1928 and Boston Red Sox from 1930 to 1931, and coach for the Tigers in 1946–1947; managed for 19 seasons in thePacific Coast League, winning pennants with thePortland Beavers in 1936 and theLos Angeles Angels in 1943 and 1944; incumbent manager of the Beavers at the time of his death;^[34] member, PCL Hall of Fame.
• April 22 –Joe Benz, 71,spitball andknuckleball specialist who pitched from 1911 through 1919 for the Chicago White Sox and was a member of two American League champion teams in 1917 and 1919; threw ano-hitter against the Cleveland Naps in 1914.^[35]
• April 25 –Lázaro Salazar, 45, Cuban outfielder, first baseman, southpaw pitcher, and manager; played in the Negro National League (Cuban Stars West, New York Cubans) and Eastern Colored League (Pollock's Cuban Stars) between 1930 and 1936; known especially as a legendary figure in Cuban Winter League, Venezuelan Winter League, and Mexican League baseball; member of the Baseball Halls of Fame of all three nations; manager of defending champion Mexico City Reds when he was stricken by a fatal cerebral hemorrhage in his team's dugout during a game; won four batting titles in three countries and, as a pitcher, over 150 games, and managed his teams to 14 titles in four countries.^[7]

• May 6 –Ralph Judd, 55, pitcher who played with the Washington Senators in 1927 and for the New York Giants from 1929 to 1930.
• May 12 –Fred Bennett, 55, right fielder who played with the St. Louis Browns in 1928 and for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1931.
• May 17 –Dummy Deegan, 82, deaf-mute pitcher who posted a 0–1 record and 6.35 ERA in two appearances for the1901 New York Giants.
• May 20 –Roy Hutson, 55, fourth outfielder for the Brooklyn Robins in1925.

• June 1 –Pete Schneider, 61, hard-throwing pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds from 1914 to 1918 and the New York Yankees in 1919, whose best season was in 1917, when he won 20 games and finished sixth in the National League with a 2.10 ERA.
• June 4 –Paul Krichell, 74, French catcher for the St. Louis Browns in parts of two season from 1911 to 1912, who later becamehead scout for the New York Yankees for 37 years, signing over 200 players, including future Baseball Hall of FamersLou Gehrig,Phil Rizzuto,Whitey Ford andTony Lazzeri.^[36]
• June 5 –Pete Wilson, 71, pitcher for the New York Highlanders from 1908 to 1909.
• June 10
  • George Rohe, 82, reserve infielder for the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox over parts of four seasons spanning 1901–1907, who unexpectedly became a postseason hero after going 7-for-27 with two triples, a double and four RBI, helping theHitless Wonders White Sox defeat the highly favored Chicago Cubs in six games of the1906 World Series for one of the greatest upsets in Series history.^[37]
  • John Slappey, 58, pitcher for the1920 Philadelphia Athletics.
• June 11 –Fred Raymer, 81, middle infielder and third baseman who played with the Chicago Orphans in 1901 and for the Boston Beaneaters from 1904 to 1905.
• June 15 –Rip Wade, 59, fourth outfielder for the1923 Washington Senators.
• June 18 –Milo Allison, 66, backup outfielder who played for the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians in a span of four seasons from 1913 to 1917.
• June 20 –Cy Warmoth, 64, pitcher who played with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1916 and for the Washington Senators from 1922 to 1923.
• June 24 –Jack Burns, 77, second baseman who played for the Detroit Tigers in 1903 and 1904.
• June 26 –Tom Whelan, 63, first baseman for the1920 Boston Braves.
• June 28 –Johnny Ray, 45, outfielder for four Negro American League clubs (principally Cincinnati and Jacksonville) between 1937 and 1945.
• June 29 –Deacon Van Buren, 86, left fielder who played for the Brooklyn Superbas and Philadelphia Phillies during the 1904 season.

• July 3 –Dolf Luque, 66, Cuban pitcher whose Major League Baseball career included stints for the Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Robins and New York Giants over twenty seasons from 1914 through 1935; posted a 194–179 record and 3.24 ERA in 550 pitching appearances, and led the National League with 27 wins in 1923 and twice in ERA in 1923 (1.93) and 1925 (2.63); won World Series rings with the Reds in1919 and the Giants in1933, and later became a successful manager in the Cuban Winter League, where he won eight pennant titles,^[38] and a coach for the New York Giants.
• July 11 –Red Bradley, 48, pitcher for the 1927 Baltimore Black Sox of the Eastern Colored League.
• July 12 –Farmer Brady, 67, southpaw who hurled for the Cleveland Tate Stars (1920), a barnstorming team, and the 1924 Cleveland Browns of the Negro National League.
• July 15 –Rip Wade, backup outfielder for the1923 Washington Senators.
• July 16 –L. D. Livingston, 52, outfielder for the 1928–1930 Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro National League.
• July 25 –Frank Welch, 59, outfielder who played from 1919 through 1927 for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox.
• July 29 –Tommy Thevenow, 53, an elite defensive shortstop who played for five teams in 15 seasons from 1924 to 1938, compiling a solid .952 fielding average while hitting a subpar .247 average with just twoinside-the-park home runs in 4,164at-bats; most remembered as an unsung hero for hitting .417 (10-for-24) for the St. Louis Cardinals in the1926 World Series, including an inside-the-park homer in Game 2 and the two winningRBI in the decisive Game 7 against the New York Yankees.^[39]

• August 14 –Tim Hendryx, 66, outfielder who played for the Cleveland Naps, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns and Boston Red Sox over eight seasons spanning 1911–1921, whose most productive season came with the Red Sox in 1920 as a replacement for departedBabe Ruth at right field, when he posted a .328/.400/.413batting line with 54runs scored, 119hits and 73RBI, all career-highs, while appearing in 99 games.^[40]
• August 15 –Ed Baecht, 50, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns over all or parts of six seasons from 1926 to 1937.
• August 21 –Harry Damrau, 66, third baseman for the1915 Philadelphia Athletics.
• August 25 –Ivy Griffin, 60, first baseman who played from 1919 through 1921 for the Philadelphia Athletics.

• September 2 –Don Hanski, 41, first baseman and left-handed pitcher who played for the Chicago White Sox from 1943 to 1944.
• September 9
  • Ed Karger, 74, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox over six seasons spanning 1906–1911, who was given credit for aseven inning perfect game against theBoston Doves while pitching for St. Louis in 1907.^[41]
  • Bill Miller, 78, German outfielder who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates inits 1902 season.
• September 12 –Homer Thompson, 66, backup catcher for the1912 New York Highlanders.
• September 15 –Max Butcher, 46, pitcher who played from 1936 through 1945 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates.
• September 25 –Marty Becker, 63, center fielder for the1915 New York Giants.

• October 2 –Andy Harris, 61, infielder for the 1926 Newark Stars and 1927 New York Lincoln Giants of the Eastern Colored League; served as player-manager for Newark in 1926.
• October 6
  • Billy Campbell, 83, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds over parts of four seasons spanning 1905–1909.
  • Phil Cooney, 75, third baseman who made one game appearance for the1905 New York Highlanders.
• October 8 –Paul Russell, 86,utility man who played with the St. Louis Browns inits 1894 season.
• October 9 –Butch Henline, 62, catcher and umpire; appeared in 740 games and batted .291 lifetime for the New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Robins and Chicago White Sox from 1921 to 1931; began his umpiring career in the Southeastern League in 1939 and moved to the International League from 1940 to 1944; promoted to National League arbiter crew in 1945, where he worked in 606 league games and the1947 All-Star Game through 1948.
• October 15 –Neal Ball, 76, shortstop for the New York Highlanders, Cleveland Naps and Boston Red Sox from 1907 through 1912, who was a member of the1912 World Series Red Sox champion team and was thefirst player to turn an unassisted triple play in Major League Baseball history on July 19, 1909.^[42]
• October 22 –Larry Pezold, 64, third baseman for the1914 Cleveland Naps.
• October 26 –Erwin Renfer, 65, pitcher who made a one-game appearance for the1913 Detroit Tigers.
• October 30 –Fred Beebe, 77, pitcher whose career included stints for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Cleveland Indians over seven seasons between 1906 and 1916, who as a rookie in 1906, posted 15 wins with a 2.93 ERA and led the National League with 171 strikeouts.^[43]

• November 1 –Charlie Caldwell, 56, pitcher for the1925 New York Yankees, who later coached three sports atWilliams College between 1925 and 1946, receivingAFCA Coach of the Year Award honors in 1950 and an induction to theCollege Football Hall of Fame in 1961.^[44]
• November 5 –Deke White, 85, 19th century pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies inits 1895 season.
• November 8
  • Fred Anderson, 71, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Buffalo Blues and New York Giants over seven seasons spanning 1909–1918, posting a 53–57 record and 2.86 earned run average in 178 games, while leading the National League with a 1.44 ERA in 1917.^[45]
  • Joe Connor, 82, backup catcher for the St. Louis Browns, Boston Beaneaters, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Blues and New York Highlanders in parts of four seasons between 1895 and 1905.
• November 19 –Frank Foreman, 94, well-traveled pitcher who was one of 19 men who played in four Major Leagues – the originalUnion Association, theAmerican Association, theNational League, and theAmerican League in its inaugural season, pitching for 11 different clubs over eleven seasons from 1884 to 1902 while posting a 96–93 record and 3.97 ERA in 229 games, and whose Minor League career took him through seven leagues, primarily in the Northeast and Midwest circuits.^[46]
• November 21 –Bugs Bennett, 65, pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox during three seasons between 1918 and 1921.
• November 27 –Chuck Wolfe, 60, pitcher for the1923 Philadelphia Athletics.
• November 28 –Ed Donnelly, 78, pitcher who played from 1911 to 1912 for the Boston Rustlers and Braves teams.

• December 3 –Jack Ness, 72, first baseman who had short stints with the Detroit Tigers in 1911 and the Chicago White Sox in 1916, whose career highlight came as a member of the Triple-AOakland Oaks in 1915, while establishing a new standard forOrganized Baseball when he hit safely in 49 consecutivePacific Coast League games.^[47]
• December 4 –Jimmy Jordan, 49,middle infielder who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers over four seasons from 1933 to 1936.
• December 5 –Alex Ferson, 91, 19th century pitcher who played for theWashington Nationals,Buffalo Bisons andBaltimore Orioles in parts of three seasons spanning 1889–1892.
• December 10 –Hal Kleine, 34, pitcher who played from 1944 to 1945 for the Cleveland Indians.
• December 12 –George Daly, 70, pitcher who played for the New York Giants inits 1909 season.
• December 17 –Fritz Ostermueller, 50, pitcher whose 14-season career included stints with the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1934 to 1948, being portrayed in the 2013 film42 as a pitcher whofeared Jackie Robinson at the plate.
• December 21 –Marty Berghammer, 69, shortstop who played with the Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Rebels in a span of four seasons from 1911 to 1915.
• December 24 –Hal Reilly, 63, left fielder for the1919 Chicago Cubs.
• December 26 –Tom Fleming, 84, center fielder who played for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies in three seasons between 1899 and 1904.

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